Castilla Y Leon
Castilla y León, a prestigious wine region in north-western Spain, is renowned for its exceptional fine wines. With its diverse terroir, ancient vineyards, and rich winemaking traditions, Castilla y León offers a captivating selection of wines that epitomize the region's winemaking excellence.
One of the most famous vineyards in Castilla y León is Bodegas Emilio Moro, a family-owned winery that has become a benchmark for quality wines. Their wines, such as Emilio Moro and Malleolus, are highly regarded for their elegance, depth, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Castilla y León is celebrated for its red wines, with the Ribera del Duero and Toro regions leading the way. Vineyards like Vega Sicilia, Pingus, and Dominio del Águila produce world-class red wines that showcase the region's mastery in crafting bold, complex, and age-worthy wines. These wines express rich flavours of ripe dark fruit, earthy undertones, velvety tannins, and a remarkable sense of place.
The region is also known for its white wines, with the Rueda and Bierzo regions standing out. Vineyards such as Marqués de Riscal, Naia, and Dominio de Tares produce exceptional white wines that exhibit vibrant acidity, citrus flavours, and a refreshing crispness. In Bierzo, red wines made from the Mencía grape variety are also highly acclaimed for their finesse and elegance.
Castilla y León's fine wines beautifully reflect the region's diverse landscapes, from the rolling hills of Ribera del Duero to the rugged terrain of Toro and the green valleys of Rueda and Bierzo. The wines of Castilla y León are a testament to the region's winemaking legacy and unwavering commitment to quality.
Explore the flavours of Castilla y León's fine wines and embark on a remarkable journey of taste and tradition. Whether you're savoring a robust Ribera del Duero red, a crisp Rueda white, or a nuanced Bierzo red, Castilla y León's wines promise an unforgettable experience that captures the essence of this esteemed Spanish wine region.
Castilla Y Leon
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | - |
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€499.72 |
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Exquisite, bold, and nuanced, the Aalto Fuente de las Hontanillas 2020 is a triumph of Spanish winemaking from the esteemed Ribera del Duero region. Created by Bodegas Aalto, a world-renowned winery founded in 1998 by Mariano Garcia and Javier Zaccagnini, this vintage embodies precision, complexity, and balance. The hand-harvested Tempranillo grapes are matured for 16 months in French and American oak barrels, resulting in an exceptional wine boasting rich flavours of black cherry, plum, and chocolate, underpinned by earthy undertones and velvety tannins. The Aalto Fuente de las Hontanillas 2020 showcases Garcia's extraordinary prowess for creating sophisticated, New World-inspired wines that bear an unmistakable Old World soul. With its impressive ageing potential, this wine is poised to bring joy to discerning oenophiles for years to come. Immerse yourself in the exploration of the Aalto Fuente de las Hontanillas 2020's distinctive composition and style. |
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Castilla y Leon | 5 | 94 (WA) |
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€248.70 |
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Wine Advocate (94)The nose of the red 2020 Aalto comes blasting with tons of toasted oak, spice, smoke and more toast, ripe berries and a luxurious creaminess like the finest modern wines from the turn of the century. This is predictable but exactly what their customers are looking for, with ripe berries, generous oak and a velvety palate with volume, soft tannins and mellow acidity. It matured in French and American oak barrels for 18 months. Some things never change. 330,000 bottles. It was bottled in July 2022. |
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Castilla y Leon | 3 | 94 (WA) |
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€523.98 |
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Wine Advocate (94)The nose of the red 2020 Aalto comes blasting with tons of toasted oak, spice, smoke and more toast, ripe berries and a luxurious creaminess like the finest modern wines from the turn of the century. This is predictable but exactly what their customers are looking for, with ripe berries, generous oak and a velvety palate with volume, soft tannins and mellow acidity. It matured in French and American oak barrels for 18 months. Some things never change. 330,000 bottles. It was bottled in July 2022. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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€820.12 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The heady and ripe 2020 PS follows the house style and the profile of the regular Aalto from the same vintage, with slightly higher ripeness, more creaminess and toastier oak. It's predictable and very good at it, with abundant, slightly dusty tannins and some chalkiness in the pungent, intense and oaky finish. It has 15% alcohol and mellow acidity. For fans of oaky and ripe Tempranillo. 35,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2022 after 21 months in new French oak barrels. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | - |
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€699.42 |
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The Bodegas y Vinedos Alnardo Ribera del Duero Psi 2020 is a Spain’s best-kept secret from the esteemed Ribera del Duero region. Produced by respected vintner Peter Sisseck, who is lauded for his meticulous vinification techniques, this vintage exhibits the full potential of native Tempranillo grapes. Matured predominantly in large oak foudres, Bodegas y Vinedos Alnardo Ribera del Duero Psi 2020 includes a modest percentage of old-vine French Garnacha for additional depth. Following biodynamic farming principles, the grapes are carefully nurtured, ensuring the vitality of the vineyard is echoed in the bottle. The result is a full-bodied, layered wine displaying intriguing notes of dark fruit, herbs, and a slight minerality. Decant in the presence of good company to reveal subtle undertones of vanilla imparted by the oak. An exquisite example of Ribera del Duero's renowned terroir; Bodegas y Vinedos Alnardo Ribera del Duero Psi 2020 is a benchmark of Spanish elegance and refinement. |
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Castilla y Leon | 3 | 99 (JS) |
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€4,217.20 |
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James Suckling (99)A very expressive, scented nose that offers iron and raw-meat character at first, with nice flinty reduction, then it turns to white sesame, racy raspberries, agave, slate, fresh flowers and dried herbs. Ethereal and super-elegant with a juicy palate, threaded by extremely fine but fresh tannins. It goes on and on, but in a subtle way. This takes your breath way with its fascinating perfume and linearity. From organically grown grapes. Irresistible now if you give it time to breathe to whittle down the reductive character, but better after 2025. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 98 (JS) |
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€427.43 |
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James Suckling (98)A Bierzo with great depth and soft-spoken complexity, but still upbeat, effusing a mineral twist to the smoked herbs, iron, raw meat, black cherries, blueberries, dried botanicals, violets and slate. Medium to full body with an ethereal and layered mid-palate that leads to a super-long, lingering finish. The tannins are so dusty and polished. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but better after 2024. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 98 (JS) |
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€769.67 |
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James Suckling (98)A Bierzo with great depth and soft-spoken complexity, but still upbeat, effusing a mineral twist to the smoked herbs, iron, raw meat, black cherries, blueberries, dried botanicals, violets and slate. Medium to full body with an ethereal and layered mid-palate that leads to a super-long, lingering finish. The tannins are so dusty and polished. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but better after 2024. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 97 (WA) |
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€323.27 |
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Wine Advocate (97)I was blown away by the 2020 wines in barrel in June 2021 and found the 2020 Villa de Corullón very ready, open, expressive, floral and ethereal. It destroyed the idea I had of a warm and ripe 2020. Ricardo Pérez Palacios told me he was thinking of bottling the 2020s earlier, as they didn't need a long élevage, just nine or 10 months in barrel. The wine is pale, the palest Corullón ever, with 13.7% alcohol—perhaps the vines got blocked and didn't develop more color compounds or sugar. The wine makes me think of a red from Jura; it has a different profile and is more delicate, ethereal and full of light and energy. Pérez, who hates comparisons with other regions, couldn't stop saying that it felt like a Morey Saint Denis! It's all flowers and red fruit, with a lot of super fine tannins (the 2019 tannins are rougher) that are round and give it a velvety texture with no rusticity—elegant and balanced. There is a nice balance between tannin and acidity, something this has in common with the 2019, which makes the vintages quite unusual, because being warm, the wines show balance. Today, it feels more like Moncerbal than the Moncerbal bottling; nevertheless, Corullón is around 40% from Moncerbal. ... It has to be my favorite Corullón to date. 22,183 bottles and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in October 2021. |
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Castilla y Leon | 7 | - |
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€470.02 |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | - |
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€499.72 |
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Immerse yourself in the exquisite sensorial experience that is the La Rioja Alta, Ribera del Duero, Aster El Espino 2020. This remarkable wine originates from the famed Astér winery in Spain's Ribera del Duero region. Crafted under the meticulous supervision of La Rioja Alta's experienced winemakers, its signature reflects an authentic Spanish terroir. Each sip of Aster El Espino 2020 offers pronounced notes of ripe blackberry and sweet spices, unveiling hints of earthy truffle complexity. Its maturation in French oak barrels lends it a soft tannin structure and a remarkably persistent finish. A perfect companion to your fine dining experience. La Rioja Alta, Ribera del Duero, Aster El Espino 2020 is more than a beverage, it's an embodiment of Spanish passion and artistry in viticulture. Savour the pride of Ribera del Duero, where climate and soil merge to create viticultural miracles. A worthy addition to any discerning wine connoisseur's collection. |
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Castilla y Leon | 2 | 96 (WA) |
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€191.62 |
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Wine Advocate (96)The 2020 Paixar is the one wine from the portfolio that is completely different from the others and comes from high-altitude vineyards in the zone of Dragonte on slate soils. In 2020 and 2021 they used the whole field blend—reds and around 5% white grapes, which might have given it an extra spark of acidity. It matured in 5,000-liter oak vat and 500-liter oak barrels. It has a perfumed nose, elegant and floral, with good ripeness but without excess. It's finely textured with a chalky thread and great balance. It finishes long and dry. This is truly superb and should evolve nicely in bottle. It's now Vino de Paraje 'A Serra' in Dragonte, a parish of Corullón. 8,000 bottles were filled in November 2021. |
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Castilla y Leon | 2 | 97 (DWWA) |
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€128.02 |
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Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 (97)Our Best in Show journey across Northern Spain continues with a 2020 Bierzo, grown just across the provincial border from Galicia into Castilla y Léon. It’s another zone of steep slopes and old vines – the variety in this case being Mencia (known as Jaen in Portugal’s Dão region). This wine is deep black-red in colour and vivacious and urgent in aroma: wild plums mingled with the woodland scents of leaf, copse and forest floor. The palate is fruit-packed and vibrant, vigorous with an energy derived both from ripe acidity and fresh though smooth tannins; look out, too, for a stony, bitter-edged finish perhaps derived from the region’s slate soils. Wonderful drinking now in the flush of youth, but fruit of this quality will hold well for a few years yet. |
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Castilla y Leon | 24 | - |
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€364.12 |
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Experience the passionate craftsmanship of Spain’s celebrated Ribera del Duero region with Pesquera 2020. Having achieved remarkable acclaim, Pesquera 2020 is the brainchild of Alejandro Fernández, a visionary who revolutionised the region's wine-making industry. This breathtaking Tempranillo varietal is lovingly crafted from grapes meticulously selected from high altitude vineyards, aged perfectly for 18 months in American oak barrels, culminating in a wine that truly impresses with its complexity. The richly intense Pesquera 2020 exhibits depth and refinement, its robust characteristics displaying vibrant notes of black fruits and a subtle spice backdrop, complemented by smoky oak hints. Elegant tannins deliver a splendidly long finish, encapsulating the artistry and tradition that this masterfully crafted wine embodies. As a global symbol of the region's fine wine, Pesquera 2020's production is steeped in stringent quality control measures, to ensure each bottle embodies a rich Spanish heritage. A glass of Pesquera 2020 is more than a drink – it's a journey imbued with tradition and expertise. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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€636.37 |
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Wine Advocate (95)Jorge Monzón considers 2020 to be an almost prefect vintage—cool and fresh, reminiscent of the great 2016. The pink 2020 Pícaro del Águila Clarete was produced with 35% Tempranillo, 35% Albillo Mayor and the rest other local grape varieties (Garnacha, Bobal, Bruñal, Monastrell, Tempranillo Gris, other Albillos, Garnacha Blanca, Pirules, Jaén, Moscatel, Malvasías...) found in the old vineyards. This is very different from your average rosé, more like a serious light red or powerful white that slowly fermented during 11 months and matured in barrel for 18 months. The orange-ish/pink wine is still young and lively, with some notes of toasted sesame seeds and a faint flinty reduction a little à la Coche-Dury, reminiscent of some vintages of their superb white. This was bottled without being racked, and perhaps that's why it has this nice reduction and could be the finest vintage to date. It has a strong chalky aftertaste from the limestone-rich soils, which makes it a terroir white, but it's also very marked by the style (which they updated from the traditional wines in Aranda in the old times) of a unique wine. It's balanced and mellow but not a shy wine, with 14% alcohol and a pH of 3.26. I've tasted 15+-year-old bottles of wines of this style, and they were still lively, so this one should not be shorter lived. Unique. Given my experience with past vintages, I'd wait a little before pulling the cork here. 8,358 bottles and 151 magnums produced. It was bottled in February 2022. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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€440.77 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The juicy, velvety and aromatic red 2020 Pícaro del Águila Tinto is fine-boned and quite faithfully represents what they want to express with this cuvée; it's very tasty and has some chalkiness (perhaps through less ripeness than in years like 2018) with 14% alcohol and mellow acidity. The nose reveals some Côte-Rôtie-like notes of smoked meat and violets. 2020 delivered a good crop of healthy grapes that produced the finest wine to date for this bottling. This is superb, elegant and powerful, with everything in place (seems to be the signature of 2020) and perfectly integrated oak. 71,382 bottles and 1,979 magnums produced. It was bottled in September 2021. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | - |
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€2,443.45 |
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Castilla y Leon | 2 | - |
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€983.58 |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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€233.74 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The 2020 La Vizcaína La del Vivo is super harmonious, tasty and balanced. The wine matured in two 2,500-liter oak foudres, and a small part fermented and matured in amphorae with skins. It's varietal and expressive and comes from two plots, one with sandy soils and another one in Cacabelos with some boulders. There's always a small percentage of Doña Blanca in the blend. It's very dry and has a chalky texture. 6,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2021. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 96 (WA) |
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€219.34 |
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Wine Advocate (96)There is more freshness in the 2020 La Vizcaína El Rapolao, where I even found notes of eucalyptus. It's medium-bodied and has fine tannins, very tasty and balanced. There are two new plots in 2020, so they produced some 7,500 bottles. He wants to reach 20,000 bottles here, and there will be a white Rapolao from a plot that he planted with Godello. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 97 (WA) |
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€219.34 |
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Wine Advocate (97)The 2020 La Vizcaína La Vitoriana matured mostly in a troncoconic oak foudre and had a very short time in barrel. This wine has more Alicante Bouschet in the blend than others, and they didn't include the white grapes in the vineyard. But against all logic, the wine has more finesse than the 2019. 6,000 bottles produced. |
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Castilla y Leon | 2 | 95 (WA) |
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€691.98 |
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Wine Advocate (95)2020 was drier than average until the harvest, when it rained and diluted the grapes, and they had to wait to regain concentration. The result is that the 2020 Alión is a wine with better balance and freshness. They felt the skins were very ripe and they could extract more and use a little more American oak (4%) in the élevage. From 2019, they kept the press wine separate until June, and they keep separate quantities of press wines that are aged in different containers depending on the quality of the wine. They used a percentage of concrete and oak vats for the élevage, which gives the wine more verticality and freshness. It's a subtle and elegant Alión, not as dense as some other vintages, but with nice balance and very elegant tannins. In 2020, they produced 285,485 bottles of this wine, 7,115 magnums and some larger formats. It was bottled in May 2022. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 98 (WA) |
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€1,409.20 |
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Wine Advocate (98)To be released in 2020, the NV Único Reserva Especial 2020 Release is a non-vintage blend of 59 barrels from 2008, 2009 and 2010, mostly Tempranillo with some Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine has been getting closer to the style of the Único, and the blend is from vintages very close to the current release of Único, but somehow this year I think the blend has added some complexity to the bottled wine, which has the heart and soul of the 2010 vintage. In fact, they told me they are keeping more wine to have some older vintages to blend for this Reserva Especial, because in the last few years, the wine has been a little too young for the style that it used to have in the past. This has finesse and some of the Burgundian style of the blends of yesteryear. 17,071 bottles and 214 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2016. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | - |
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€394.00 |
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Exquisite, bold, and nuanced, the Aalto Fuente de las Hontanillas 2020 is a triumph of Spanish winemaking from the esteemed Ribera del Duero region. Created by Bodegas Aalto, a world-renowned winery founded in 1998 by Mariano Garcia and Javier Zaccagnini, this vintage embodies precision, complexity, and balance. The hand-harvested Tempranillo grapes are matured for 16 months in French and American oak barrels, resulting in an exceptional wine boasting rich flavours of black cherry, plum, and chocolate, underpinned by earthy undertones and velvety tannins. The Aalto Fuente de las Hontanillas 2020 showcases Garcia's extraordinary prowess for creating sophisticated, New World-inspired wines that bear an unmistakable Old World soul. With its impressive ageing potential, this wine is poised to bring joy to discerning oenophiles for years to come. Immerse yourself in the exploration of the Aalto Fuente de las Hontanillas 2020's distinctive composition and style. |
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Castilla y Leon | 5 | 94 (WA) |
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€201.00 |
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Wine Advocate (94)The nose of the red 2020 Aalto comes blasting with tons of toasted oak, spice, smoke and more toast, ripe berries and a luxurious creaminess like the finest modern wines from the turn of the century. This is predictable but exactly what their customers are looking for, with ripe berries, generous oak and a velvety palate with volume, soft tannins and mellow acidity. It matured in French and American oak barrels for 18 months. Some things never change. 330,000 bottles. It was bottled in July 2022. |
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Castilla y Leon | 3 | 94 (WA) |
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€418.00 |
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Wine Advocate (94)The nose of the red 2020 Aalto comes blasting with tons of toasted oak, spice, smoke and more toast, ripe berries and a luxurious creaminess like the finest modern wines from the turn of the century. This is predictable but exactly what their customers are looking for, with ripe berries, generous oak and a velvety palate with volume, soft tannins and mellow acidity. It matured in French and American oak barrels for 18 months. Some things never change. 330,000 bottles. It was bottled in July 2022. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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€661.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The heady and ripe 2020 PS follows the house style and the profile of the regular Aalto from the same vintage, with slightly higher ripeness, more creaminess and toastier oak. It's predictable and very good at it, with abundant, slightly dusty tannins and some chalkiness in the pungent, intense and oaky finish. It has 15% alcohol and mellow acidity. For fans of oaky and ripe Tempranillo. 35,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2022 after 21 months in new French oak barrels. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | - |
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€538.00 |
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The Bodegas y Vinedos Alnardo Ribera del Duero Psi 2020 is a Spain’s best-kept secret from the esteemed Ribera del Duero region. Produced by respected vintner Peter Sisseck, who is lauded for his meticulous vinification techniques, this vintage exhibits the full potential of native Tempranillo grapes. Matured predominantly in large oak foudres, Bodegas y Vinedos Alnardo Ribera del Duero Psi 2020 includes a modest percentage of old-vine French Garnacha for additional depth. Following biodynamic farming principles, the grapes are carefully nurtured, ensuring the vitality of the vineyard is echoed in the bottle. The result is a full-bodied, layered wine displaying intriguing notes of dark fruit, herbs, and a slight minerality. Decant in the presence of good company to reveal subtle undertones of vanilla imparted by the oak. An exquisite example of Ribera del Duero's renowned terroir; Bodegas y Vinedos Alnardo Ribera del Duero Psi 2020 is a benchmark of Spanish elegance and refinement. |
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Castilla y Leon | 3 | 99 (JS) |
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€3,505.00 |
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James Suckling (99)A very expressive, scented nose that offers iron and raw-meat character at first, with nice flinty reduction, then it turns to white sesame, racy raspberries, agave, slate, fresh flowers and dried herbs. Ethereal and super-elegant with a juicy palate, threaded by extremely fine but fresh tannins. It goes on and on, but in a subtle way. This takes your breath way with its fascinating perfume and linearity. From organically grown grapes. Irresistible now if you give it time to breathe to whittle down the reductive character, but better after 2025. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 98 (JS) |
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€345.00 |
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James Suckling (98)A Bierzo with great depth and soft-spoken complexity, but still upbeat, effusing a mineral twist to the smoked herbs, iron, raw meat, black cherries, blueberries, dried botanicals, violets and slate. Medium to full body with an ethereal and layered mid-palate that leads to a super-long, lingering finish. The tannins are so dusty and polished. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but better after 2024. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 98 (JS) |
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€619.00 |
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James Suckling (98)A Bierzo with great depth and soft-spoken complexity, but still upbeat, effusing a mineral twist to the smoked herbs, iron, raw meat, black cherries, blueberries, dried botanicals, violets and slate. Medium to full body with an ethereal and layered mid-palate that leads to a super-long, lingering finish. The tannins are so dusty and polished. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but better after 2024. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 97 (WA) |
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€247.00 |
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Wine Advocate (97)I was blown away by the 2020 wines in barrel in June 2021 and found the 2020 Villa de Corullón very ready, open, expressive, floral and ethereal. It destroyed the idea I had of a warm and ripe 2020. Ricardo Pérez Palacios told me he was thinking of bottling the 2020s earlier, as they didn't need a long élevage, just nine or 10 months in barrel. The wine is pale, the palest Corullón ever, with 13.7% alcohol—perhaps the vines got blocked and didn't develop more color compounds or sugar. The wine makes me think of a red from Jura; it has a different profile and is more delicate, ethereal and full of light and energy. Pérez, who hates comparisons with other regions, couldn't stop saying that it felt like a Morey Saint Denis! It's all flowers and red fruit, with a lot of super fine tannins (the 2019 tannins are rougher) that are round and give it a velvety texture with no rusticity—elegant and balanced. There is a nice balance between tannin and acidity, something this has in common with the 2019, which makes the vintages quite unusual, because being warm, the wines show balance. Today, it feels more like Moncerbal than the Moncerbal bottling; nevertheless, Corullón is around 40% from Moncerbal. ... It has to be my favorite Corullón to date. 22,183 bottles and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in October 2021. |
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Castilla y Leon | 7 | - |
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€373.00 |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | - |
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€394.00 |
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Immerse yourself in the exquisite sensorial experience that is the La Rioja Alta, Ribera del Duero, Aster El Espino 2020. This remarkable wine originates from the famed Astér winery in Spain's Ribera del Duero region. Crafted under the meticulous supervision of La Rioja Alta's experienced winemakers, its signature reflects an authentic Spanish terroir. Each sip of Aster El Espino 2020 offers pronounced notes of ripe blackberry and sweet spices, unveiling hints of earthy truffle complexity. Its maturation in French oak barrels lends it a soft tannin structure and a remarkably persistent finish. A perfect companion to your fine dining experience. La Rioja Alta, Ribera del Duero, Aster El Espino 2020 is more than a beverage, it's an embodiment of Spanish passion and artistry in viticulture. Savour the pride of Ribera del Duero, where climate and soil merge to create viticultural miracles. A worthy addition to any discerning wine connoisseur's collection. |
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Castilla y Leon | 2 | 96 (WA) |
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€141.00 |
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Wine Advocate (96)The 2020 Paixar is the one wine from the portfolio that is completely different from the others and comes from high-altitude vineyards in the zone of Dragonte on slate soils. In 2020 and 2021 they used the whole field blend—reds and around 5% white grapes, which might have given it an extra spark of acidity. It matured in 5,000-liter oak vat and 500-liter oak barrels. It has a perfumed nose, elegant and floral, with good ripeness but without excess. It's finely textured with a chalky thread and great balance. It finishes long and dry. This is truly superb and should evolve nicely in bottle. It's now Vino de Paraje 'A Serra' in Dragonte, a parish of Corullón. 8,000 bottles were filled in November 2021. |
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Castilla y Leon | 2 | 97 (DWWA) |
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€88.00 |
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Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 (97)Our Best in Show journey across Northern Spain continues with a 2020 Bierzo, grown just across the provincial border from Galicia into Castilla y Léon. It’s another zone of steep slopes and old vines – the variety in this case being Mencia (known as Jaen in Portugal’s Dão region). This wine is deep black-red in colour and vivacious and urgent in aroma: wild plums mingled with the woodland scents of leaf, copse and forest floor. The palate is fruit-packed and vibrant, vigorous with an energy derived both from ripe acidity and fresh though smooth tannins; look out, too, for a stony, bitter-edged finish perhaps derived from the region’s slate soils. Wonderful drinking now in the flush of youth, but fruit of this quality will hold well for a few years yet. |
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Castilla y Leon | 24 | - |
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€281.00 |
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Experience the passionate craftsmanship of Spain’s celebrated Ribera del Duero region with Pesquera 2020. Having achieved remarkable acclaim, Pesquera 2020 is the brainchild of Alejandro Fernández, a visionary who revolutionised the region's wine-making industry. This breathtaking Tempranillo varietal is lovingly crafted from grapes meticulously selected from high altitude vineyards, aged perfectly for 18 months in American oak barrels, culminating in a wine that truly impresses with its complexity. The richly intense Pesquera 2020 exhibits depth and refinement, its robust characteristics displaying vibrant notes of black fruits and a subtle spice backdrop, complemented by smoky oak hints. Elegant tannins deliver a splendidly long finish, encapsulating the artistry and tradition that this masterfully crafted wine embodies. As a global symbol of the region's fine wine, Pesquera 2020's production is steeped in stringent quality control measures, to ensure each bottle embodies a rich Spanish heritage. A glass of Pesquera 2020 is more than a drink – it's a journey imbued with tradition and expertise. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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€493.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95)Jorge Monzón considers 2020 to be an almost prefect vintage—cool and fresh, reminiscent of the great 2016. The pink 2020 Pícaro del Águila Clarete was produced with 35% Tempranillo, 35% Albillo Mayor and the rest other local grape varieties (Garnacha, Bobal, Bruñal, Monastrell, Tempranillo Gris, other Albillos, Garnacha Blanca, Pirules, Jaén, Moscatel, Malvasías...) found in the old vineyards. This is very different from your average rosé, more like a serious light red or powerful white that slowly fermented during 11 months and matured in barrel for 18 months. The orange-ish/pink wine is still young and lively, with some notes of toasted sesame seeds and a faint flinty reduction a little à la Coche-Dury, reminiscent of some vintages of their superb white. This was bottled without being racked, and perhaps that's why it has this nice reduction and could be the finest vintage to date. It has a strong chalky aftertaste from the limestone-rich soils, which makes it a terroir white, but it's also very marked by the style (which they updated from the traditional wines in Aranda in the old times) of a unique wine. It's balanced and mellow but not a shy wine, with 14% alcohol and a pH of 3.26. I've tasted 15+-year-old bottles of wines of this style, and they were still lively, so this one should not be shorter lived. Unique. Given my experience with past vintages, I'd wait a little before pulling the cork here. 8,358 bottles and 151 magnums produced. It was bottled in February 2022. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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€330.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The juicy, velvety and aromatic red 2020 Pícaro del Águila Tinto is fine-boned and quite faithfully represents what they want to express with this cuvée; it's very tasty and has some chalkiness (perhaps through less ripeness than in years like 2018) with 14% alcohol and mellow acidity. The nose reveals some Côte-Rôtie-like notes of smoked meat and violets. 2020 delivered a good crop of healthy grapes that produced the finest wine to date for this bottling. This is superb, elegant and powerful, with everything in place (seems to be the signature of 2020) and perfectly integrated oak. 71,382 bottles and 1,979 magnums produced. It was bottled in September 2021. |
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€2,030.00 |
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Castilla y Leon | 2 | - |
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€801.00 |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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€176.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95)The 2020 La Vizcaína La del Vivo is super harmonious, tasty and balanced. The wine matured in two 2,500-liter oak foudres, and a small part fermented and matured in amphorae with skins. It's varietal and expressive and comes from two plots, one with sandy soils and another one in Cacabelos with some boulders. There's always a small percentage of Doña Blanca in the blend. It's very dry and has a chalky texture. 6,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2021. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 96 (WA) |
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€164.00 |
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Wine Advocate (96)There is more freshness in the 2020 La Vizcaína El Rapolao, where I even found notes of eucalyptus. It's medium-bodied and has fine tannins, very tasty and balanced. There are two new plots in 2020, so they produced some 7,500 bottles. He wants to reach 20,000 bottles here, and there will be a white Rapolao from a plot that he planted with Godello. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 97 (WA) |
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€164.00 |
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Wine Advocate (97)The 2020 La Vizcaína La Vitoriana matured mostly in a troncoconic oak foudre and had a very short time in barrel. This wine has more Alicante Bouschet in the blend than others, and they didn't include the white grapes in the vineyard. But against all logic, the wine has more finesse than the 2019. 6,000 bottles produced. |
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Castilla y Leon | 2 | 95 (WA) |
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€558.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95)2020 was drier than average until the harvest, when it rained and diluted the grapes, and they had to wait to regain concentration. The result is that the 2020 Alión is a wine with better balance and freshness. They felt the skins were very ripe and they could extract more and use a little more American oak (4%) in the élevage. From 2019, they kept the press wine separate until June, and they keep separate quantities of press wines that are aged in different containers depending on the quality of the wine. They used a percentage of concrete and oak vats for the élevage, which gives the wine more verticality and freshness. It's a subtle and elegant Alión, not as dense as some other vintages, but with nice balance and very elegant tannins. In 2020, they produced 285,485 bottles of this wine, 7,115 magnums and some larger formats. It was bottled in May 2022. |
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Castilla y Leon | 1 | 98 (WA) |
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€1,165.00 |
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Wine Advocate (98)To be released in 2020, the NV Único Reserva Especial 2020 Release is a non-vintage blend of 59 barrels from 2008, 2009 and 2010, mostly Tempranillo with some Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine has been getting closer to the style of the Único, and the blend is from vintages very close to the current release of Único, but somehow this year I think the blend has added some complexity to the bottled wine, which has the heart and soul of the 2010 vintage. In fact, they told me they are keeping more wine to have some older vintages to blend for this Reserva Especial, because in the last few years, the wine has been a little too young for the style that it used to have in the past. This has finesse and some of the Burgundian style of the blends of yesteryear. 17,071 bottles and 214 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2016. |
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